Practicing Discernment with Youth: A Transformative Youth Ministry Approach (Youth Ministry Alternatives)

In this resource, David F. White calls for congregations to engage their own young people in practices of discernment that involve the gifts and problems of their unique context, bringing their lives more fully into partnership with God's work in their particular place. he models how to do this through historic discernment practices of Christian communities such as: Ignatian contemplative practices, Quaker clearness counsels, consensus decision making, and silence. Practicing Discernment with Youth is the first book in the series, Youth Ministry Alternatives: Resources of Theological Integrity Rooted in Real Congregations.